Nigeria Turns to Tiny Tankers to Replace Big Broken Oil Pipeline
- New grade takes supply from pipeline that suffered thefts
- West African producer looks to boost output for new OPEC quota
Photographer: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images
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Nigeria is turning to a fleet of tiny river-going tankers to boost its oil production because one of its key oil pipelines has been broken for months.
Africa’s top producer, racing to lift output before OPEC decides new oil-production quotas, has started using the tiny vessels to get a new grade of oil, Nembe Creek, up the Niger river delta and onto an ocean-going ship that’s stationed off the nation’s coast.